The Lost Hope

Gyo was stunned to see the red-eyed figure in front of him starting to do something. The star pattern on his left eye gradually changed to the shape of a square, triangle, letter Z until finally it became a minus symbol.

A red aura also slowly began to envelop the entire playing field as the appearance of unknown figures began to appear within the field.

"Wh-what exactly is it? Why are there so many people showing up?" Ren was surprised to see the people who kept popping up.

"I don't know what exactly this is but most likely we will deal with all of them," Gyo replied with sharp eyes.

There was the sound of a basketball clashing against the floor, a sign that the attack had begun and Gyo and his friends hesitantly tried to defend themselves even though they didn't know which direction they would appear from.

Seeing that, Shin spontaneously used his eye ability and immediately created a gravitational field around him however, the ball was still heard being bounced off the floor along with the screeching sound of shoes indicating that the target could still move freely.

"What really happened? Why doesn't it seem like even my abilities have an effect?" Shin wondered because he was amazed at his opponent who could still move freely even though he was already in his gravity area.

The whistle sounded when the ball had been put into the ring made them aware and when they looked around, the audience seemed confused by what they had done.

"I-this, have we been hit by an illusion from the start? I don't even feel anything because everything looks real," said Raito when he saw that the surroundings had returned to normal and the people who had appeared earlier had disappeared.

"It's really a very strong illusory ability, I also feel that what I see is all real," replied Shin.

The match continues until finally it comes to the end of the first half but the Cyoku High School basketball team doesn't even fight against one player. In the eyes of the audience they were just idiots trying to play in the final round of Masara prefecture even though they had actually done their best to put up a fight.

The long whistle to mark the end of the first half finally sounded and it was clear that the difference in ability between five people and just one person was clear. 82 scores without reply were won by the opposing team making the score narrower with only two points difference.

"I felt the abilities I had were useless in the second quarter ... The illusion he created was really great," said Raito.

During the pause before the second half began, no one could come up with an idea of ​​how to overcome the illusory abilities released by Nick's Red Eyes, even so far they haven't seen the slightest abilities that can be used by other team members.

"Hey isn't this Minata High School that has always lost in the preliminaries in recent years? Even a team that doesn't stand out like them can enter the prefecture finals and a little more will get the prefecture title." The audience in attendance began to gossip about the Minata High School basketball team being weak in recent years.

"Even last year's Masara prefectural champion and Interhigh runner up could lose to them," continued another audience.

The audience started to wonder about what qualifications Minata High School basketball team actually had so that they could become strong like that.

The third half finally started and as soon as the scramble for the ball as the jump ball started, a red aura enveloped the whole field again but this time with a different illusion. Gyo and Shin, who have the legendary eye, are given the same illusion that is about the past owner of the legendary eye. Clearly seems how the lives of the five siblings in the past where they loved and complemented each other until finally thirsting for the power to change their way of life one by one.

The illusion continues where the first Gold Eyes owner Grand goes on a journey to explore the entire world leaving his royal throne empty after expelling his two rebellious younger siblings into the vortex of time and leaving them stranded in a future where their lives are very different from their previous lives. Meanwhile, Clau and Dio who were still left were fighting each other for the throne of the empire that was empty after their brother left them.

"Is all this really happening? Is Grand the main cause of this problem?" Gyo, who is affected by the illusion, starts to wonder to himself what the illusion shows.

Meanwhile Shin, who was also caught in the same illusion as Gyo about the owner of the first legendary eye he was using right now, began to wonder about what he saw because even though he had never seen the people before his eyes.

"W-this why? Why are they fighting each other? Aren't they two brothers?" Shin felt troubled seeing the situation in front of his eyes. He saw Blue Eyes and Purple Eyes colliding with each other to find out who was the strongest among them.

As the illusion started to enter their minds, black aura started to enter Gyo's Gold Eyes and turned them into a pitch black color. Without realizing it, it turns out that the third test will soon be carried out by Gyo because Nick's eye ability actually triggers the third test by force.

While silent, Gyo began to enter his soul realm and met a very familiar black shadow standing in front of him who was staring at him with a cold gaze.

"Dark Eyes finally we meet again," said Gyo, a little happy to see Dark Eyes standing in front of him.

"Dark Eyes? What are you talking about? My name is Pride and I'm here to give you a test," replied the black figure introducing himself.

"No !! Obviously you are Dark Eyes and that is the name I gave but it seems that part of your memory has recovered and now you have remembered your name again," said Gyo happily.

"No need for further ado, this time I will immediately begin your third test," replied Pride.

Gyo is then led down a long passage of time until they finally arrive at a lake that is large enough and very clear, but not a single reflection of the shadow is in the lake. On the lake there is a small pier that looks like a place for fishing and then Gyo is told to fish in the lake.

"What you will provoke later is a reflection of yourself so if later you think of something evil then the reflection of yourself that you will get will be black.

"But if you fish with a clean heart then you will get a white reflection and that is a sign that you passed the test," Pride explained at length.

As if he understood Pride's meaning, now Gyo was getting ready with his fishing hook and getting ready to fish but suddenly a red aura enveloped Gyo's body and made him get a black reflection of himself.

"So it turns out black ... Then accept whatever turns out to be the result," said Pride as he brought Gyo back to the real world.

After returning to the real world, something strange happened to Gyo's left eye. The golden light which was covered in black aura and had been glowing slowly began to fade and Gyo's eyes became normal again.

"And finally your last hope has disappeared so now is the time to experience what is called absolute power," said Nick with his devilish gaze.

whats next?

To be continued ...